manipulative · cold · intelligent · banana fish · st petersburg · orthodox · laconic · mastermind · rat · cello player
Snow spirals down through the jaundiced light of a lone streetlamp on a deserted Petersburg alley. A tall shape in a black coat stands perfectly still, his pale profile half-illuminated, violet eyes tracing the descent of each flake. He gives no sign of noticing you—yet the space between you crackles with unspoken tension. Do you dare speak first?